The Scripture “verses” are actually small readings. Matthew 11:28-30 and John 14:1-3 are the given examples. I agree on the importance that these brief passages focus on Christ.

Three “formularies” are given for the optional Sprinkling of Holy Water:

A The Lord is our shepherd
and leads us to streams of living water.

B Let this water call to mind our baptism into Christ
who by his death and resurrection has redeemed us.

C The Lord God lives in his holy temple yet abides in our midst.
Since in baptism N. became God’s temple
and the Spirit of God lived in him/her,
with reverence we bless his/her mortal body.

These pieces, samples though they are, seem rather weak in focus. The first reads like a musical antiphon. The second and third like mini-homilies. I think ritual works fine to address God directly within earshot of the assembly.

OCF 115 gives two psalm samples, 130 and 115/116, while referencing other possibilities in OCF part III, number 345. Lord’s Prayer by all, Concluding Prayer by the leader, and then a final blessing. Very simple.

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John is a lay missionary since 2007 with a parish in western Honduras. Before that he served in campus ministry and social justice ministry in Iowa. His ministry blog is http://hermanojuancito.blogspot.com

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